OFFICE AUSTIN
Para Site Benefit Auction Preview
Exhibition Design, Hong Kong, 2023
The 2023 Para Site Benefit Auction Preview was a week-long art exhibition hosted in a temporary events space at Soho House Hong Kong.
The constructed design was formulated to compliment thematic groupings of over 50 unique artworks including paintings, sculptures, and photography. Composed as a sequence of avenues and openings, the exhibition arrangement provided multiple overview points from which entire artwork clusters could be viewed, in addition to a series of intimate engagements and spatial experiences.
Responding to the event’s temporality, the project repurposed a display system previously developed for the client, testing it in a new format and context. A strong ecological ambition ensured that 100% of the high embodied carbon materials (metals and concrete) utilised in the show were reused, while the vast majority of the wooden panels remained in presentable condition upon completion. Having been deconstructed at the event’s culmination, the display system currently awaits further reuse.
Featured artists include Antony Gormley, Glenn Ligon, Guan Xiao, Shinro Ohtake, Vivien Zhang, Wang Gongyi, Xie Nanxing, and Zheng Guogu. Photography by Kwan Q Li and Felix Wong.